News Articles on golden-triangle

Drugs hidden inside punching bags seized in Thailand

Reuters
Posted at Dec 24 07:15 AM

Thai authorities have seized crystal methamphetamine with a street value of almost $30 million stuffed inside boxing punch bags bound for Australia. Read more »

Laos police seize record drugs haul in Golden Triangle

Reuters
Posted at Oct 28 06:05 PM

Lao police have seized a record haul of illicit drugs in the Golden Triangle region. Read more »

What COVID-19? Synthetic drug trade thrives in Mekong Region

Johanna Son, Reporting ASEAN
Updated as of Jul 01 01:36 AM

Attempts to cut the supply of synthetic drugs need a major shift, experts say Arresting street-level sellers and seizing drugs do not get to the heart of the drug industry as organised crime, they add. Read more »

Higit P122 milyong halaga ng shabu, nasabat sa Las Piñas; 6 timbog

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 16 07:53 AM

Kabilang umano ang grupong hinuli sa mga Chinese syndicate, lalo’t mula sa tinaguriang Golden Triangle ang nasabat na droga. Read more »

Thai meth barons look closer to home as pandemic curbs exports

Pitcha Dangprasith and Lisa Martin, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 17 12:15 PM

Thailand has long been a global gateway for exports of methamphetamine, but the coronavirus pandemic's sudden disruption of international transport has seen a surge in cut-price "yaba" tablets in the local market. Read more »

Asian drug lords likely producing precursor chemicals in Golden Triangle

Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 03:49 PM

Crime syndicates in Asia’s drug-producing Golden Triangle region have likely begun producing ingredients to manufacture methamphetamine, enabling them to avoid restrictions on importing precursors such as pseudoephedrine and ephedrine. Read more »

P88-M shabu nakalagay sa tea bag wrapper, nasabat sa Cavite

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 06:18 AM

MAYNILA - Nasabat ng pulisya ang mahigit P88 milyong halaga ng shabu sa magkasunod na buy-bust operasyon sa Bacoor City, Cavite noong Linggo. Read more »

Higit P200-M halaga ng shabu nasabat sa Parañaque, Taguig

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 15 06:40 AM

MAYNILA - Nasamsam ng pulisya ang 30 kilo o mahigit P200-milyong halaga ng shabu sa magkarugtong na buy-bust operation sa Paranaque City at Taguig City Miyerkules ng gabi. Read more »

Over P163.2-M shabu seized from alleged Golden Triangle syndicate 'subhead' 2 others: PDEA

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 05:33 AM

MANILA - A 49-year-old man considered by Philippine anti-narcotics enforcers as a major local supplier of imported methamphetamine, or shabu, under the Golden Triangle drug syndicate, was among 3 arrested in back-to-back buy-busts in Parañaque City on Monday afternoon. Read more »

Thailand targets narco millions hidden in gold, steel and crypto

Aidan Jones and Thanaporn Promyamyai, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 26 01:44 PM

BANGKOK, Thailand - The downfall of a meth syndicate laundering tens of millions of dollars of drug money through Thai gold shops, oil and construction firms has cast rare light on the staggering scale of Asia's narco profits -- and the ruses used to hide them. Read more »

OPINION: Duterte's nightmare—Access to information on drug war

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Nov 27 12:54 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to fire Vice President Leni Robredo as head of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) invites national and international spotlights to focus on the black holes in a pet program that has snuffed out thousands of lives over 3 years. Read more »

PDEA: Drugs in PH come from Golden Triangle syndicate, not China

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 15 09:02 AM

The source of drugs in the Philippines is now a drug syndicate operating on the borders of Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said Thursday. Read more »

PDEA: Golden Triangle source ng droga sa Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 12:27 AM

Kinontra ng PDEA ang pahayag ni Vice President Leni Robredo na galing China ang mga ilegal na drogang pumapasok sa bansa. Read more »

The hunt for Asia's El Chapo

Tom Allard, Reuters
Posted at Oct 15 01:21 PM

Tse Chi Lop, a Canadian national born in China, is suspected of leading a vast multinational drug trafficking syndicate funneling tons of methamphetamine, heroin and ketamine to at least a dozen countries from Japan in North Asia to New Zealand in the South Pacific Read more »

Shabu na nasabat sa NAIA hinihinalang galing sa 'Golden Triangle'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 29 05:59 PM

Hinihinalang galing sa pagawaan ng droga sa Golden Triangle, isang lugar sa Timog Silangang Asya, ang P35 milyong halaga ng shabu na nakumpiska sa NAIA Terminal 1, ayon sa isang anti-drug officer. Read more »

'Golden Triangle' syndicate behind P35-M shabu found in Pinoy's luggage: PDEA

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 10:56 AM

Philippine customs and anti-drug officers are investigating possible accomplices of a 26-year-old man who was arrested for sneaking in P35 million worth of shabu into the country through his luggage. Read more »

PDEA files charges vs Chinese allegedly behind P1.8-B drug shipment

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 12:38 PM

PDEA files charges vs Chinese allegedly behind P1.8-B drug shipment Read more »

Lacson identifies Chinese man allegedly behind P1.8-B shabu shipment

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 29 06:40 PM

MANILA – Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday accused a Chinese man of being behind a P1.8 billion shabu shipment which was seized by authorities at the Manila International Container Port last March. Read more »

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